I've been playing video games almost my entire life, with a particular preference for RPGs, Strategy Games, and 3D Platformers. When I'm not writing or gaming, I usually work on my own game projects ...

Right away you run into a problem. There is a gap in the road. To cross it simply hit the nearby tree with your hammer to knock down a blue switch. Stepping on it lowers a bridge. As you continue ...

You’ll encounter the first quiz on your way to the game’s first dungeon, Hooktail Castle. Leave Petalburg and head to Shhwonk Fortress in the East to find a thwomp sitting on a pillar. This is the ...

Partway through Chapter 1, Mario encounters a strange Thwomp in Shhwomp Fortress who suddenly challenges Mario and Goombella to a game show. In this game show, you have to answer five questions ...

One of the defining mechanics of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is the myriad of badges that you can collect. While you can’t equip all 86 of the game’s badges simultaneously, there are some that ...

If you ask any Paper Mario fan, there are two distinct eras in the 25-year history of the subseries: The golden age of character-driven RPGs, and the more experimental games with simpler gameplay and ...

Following in the footsteps of the first Paper Mario game for the Nintendo 64, and last year’s Mario & Luigi: Superstars for the Game Boy Advance, Paper Mario 2: The Thousand-Year Door has been a hotly ...

There are seven characters who can be possible partners for Mario in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Some are necessary at times, due to there being chapter-specific gimmicks their out-of-battle ...